Extension-table.



No. 70|,782. Patente d June 3, [902,

F. WHITE.

EXTENSION TABLE.

(Application filed Feb. 28, 1902.) (no Modem? 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

No. 701,782. I Patented June 3, I902.

F. WHITE.

EXTENSHJN TABLE.

(Apglication filed Feb. 28, 1902.) (No Modem 2 Sheen -Sheet UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN WHITE, OF LANDOVER, MARYLAND; ASSIGNOR OF ON F-HALF TO CHARLES E. WHITE, OF LANDOVER, MARYLAND.

EXTENSION-TABLE.

srncrrrcarron forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,782, dated June 3,1902. Application filed February 26, 1902. Serial No. 95,724. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Landover, in the county of Prince George and 5 State of Maryland,have invented new and useful Improvements in Extension-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to extension-tables; and the object of the same'is to construct a knockdown table of this kind which will be provided with means for clamping the sliding top, so that the table when extendedwill be as stable as when in its contractediform. V

The novel construction employed by me in carrying out my invention is fully described in this specification and claimed, 'anddllns; trated in the accompanyingdrawings,formin g a part thereof, in whichi e Figure 1 is a perspective of 7 my table extended. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of my table. Fig. 3 is a transverse sec: tion of the same. 4 Like numerals of reference designate like parts in the difierent views of the drawings.

My table is slipp'or'ted'ona rectangular. frame having sides 1 and endsj2. The ends '2 bear tenons 2 which fit mortises'inthe sides 1 and are set below the upper faces thereof to form guides 3 for the top. The

4 to accommodate bevel-edged parallel guidestrips 5, rigidly secured to the under side of the end sections 6 of the top of the table. The distance between the beveled edges of the guides 5 is a little greater than the distance between the shoulders 2 on the ends 2, .so that when the sides 1 are firmly clamped together the guides 5 are firmly held against all movement. When the table is contracted, the sections 6 abut and form the whole top thereof; but when it is extended rectangular sections 7 are fitted intermediate the end sections 6, which are drawn out. One of the sections 6'i's provided with pins 8, while the other, has recesses 9 therein to accommodate-the'pins 8. The sections 7 have pins 8 on one sideandrecess'es 9 on the other, so that they may be fitted in with the pins 8 engaging the opposed recesses, and are thereby 5o firmlysecured in place.

guides 3 are cut by parallel angular grooves Four legs 10 serve to support the table. These legs are notched, at llto fit snugly mortises 12, formed in the sides 1. Transverse apertures 13 are formed in the legs 10 and sides? 1, through which tie-rods 14 are 5 5 passed. The rods 14 have flat heads 15, which keep them from pullinggthrough, and their inner ends are threaded and connected together by turnbuckles 16, constructed to be operated to draw the sides 1' together and firmly clamp the guides 5 against all movement and also to securely hold the'legs. V

I Cross-bars 17 fit mortises in thejsides l and have flanges 18 thereon, which form shelves tosupport the rectangular sections 7 when not in use. By this arrangement the sections 7 cannot be taken out until the endsections 6 have been drawn back.

'When it is desired to 'extend my table, the turnbuckles 16 are turnedto loosen the rods 14 to release the guides 5 and permit the end sections 6 to be drawn back. As many of the sections 7 as are required can then be taken out of the receptacle and inserted between the ends of the sections 7, after which the turnbuckles 16 are tightenedto hold all parts against movement. I

In shipping my table the turnbuckles 16 are unscrewed and the'rods'le' removed, when the whole table can be taken apart and crated 8d forshipping.

I do not wish to be limited as to details of construction, as these maybe modified in many particulars without departing from the spirit of my invention. i

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i I 1. In an extension-table, the combination of a rigid frame having parallel grooved sides, a 0 top formed in sections bearing guides mounted to slide in said grooves, and .means forv clamping said frame transversely of said sides to secure said sections against'all movement, substantially as described. 5

2. In a table,.the combination; ofa frame having parallel grooved sides, a top formed in sections bearing guides mounted to slide in said grooves, tie-rods extending transversely v of said sides and bearing turnbuckles contoo structed to be operated to clamp said guides against all movement, substantially as described.

3. In a knockdown table, the combination of a frame having parallel grooved sides, a top bearing guides mounted to slide in said grooves, legs detachably connected to said sides and havingtransverse apertures therein, tie-rods passing through said transverse apertures in said legs and said sides, and turnbuckles engaging said rods and constructed to be operated to clamp said guides against all movement and to secure said legs, substantially as described.

4. In a table, the combination of a frame having parallel grooved sides and endsloosely FRANKLIN WHITE.

Witnesses:

BENNETT S. J ONES, L. L. BURKET. 

